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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

My Weekend Sewing Frenzy

The water that we had in our basement threw me for a loop. I had planned to get a project finished that I needed for a talk that I gave yesterday. Well, best laid plans....didn't happen. Instead, as I told you, I spent the rest of the day cleaning and trying to get things back into some order. So, I missed my Sleeves on Saturday post, no soup was made on Sunday, but I did finish everything that I needed to finish! Today I'm sharing one of those pieces. I began with this Indigo Junction pattern,
and I made this coat. Look in the left hand corner of the photo and you can see the dress I wore on Saturday night!! I need to put that away :-)
The fabric is a beautiful piece of summer weight wool from Pendelton. I absolutely love this fabric.
It drapes beautifully, sews beautifully, basically did exactly everything that I wanted it to do.
The sleeves were redrafted. I did the sleeve that I did on the jacket below.
This sleeve was done as a Sleeves On Saturday post and you can find the instructions here, http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2012/03/sleeves-on-saturday.html
The pattern called for large snaps to be sewn in rather than buttonholes. I sat contemplating snaps versus buttonholes. I had the snaps, but I thought, "oh my, how tacky." Back and forth I went and then I finally realized that I would never be happy with snaps sewn in, so I got out my silk organza and made the bound buttonholes. In the time I spent contemplating the buttonholes versus the snaps, I could have had the buttonholes made!! In the end, I made the right decision.
This is the back side of my buttonholes. I must admit that I was rather proud of how the back turned out. If you would like to see how I did these buttonholes, here is a tutorial I did a while back, http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2012/10/bound-button-holes.html
The pattern calls for this jacket to be unlined, but as you can see, I lined mine. I just love the way it looks.
I'm not a fan of dropped shouldered sleeves, but the jacket looked lovely on. I wore it with a short straight skirt. There is enough of the plaid leftover to make a matching pencil skirt which I will make as I think it will make such a smart looking outfit. Sadly, I did not take a picture of me in the jacket. Once the skirt is made though, I will get a picture.
I have three other pieces that I made over the weekend. I'll share those with you on Thursday.

20 comments:

  1. Lovely work Rhonda...flood can't put you down!

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    1. It can!!, but I had to get the project finished regardless.

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  2. I love your coat. Impressive buttonholes.

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    1. Thanks Cindy! I was especially happy with the buttonholes and happy that I didn't give into being lazy!

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  3. Your coat is smart, even with the rounded shoulders - I think the plaid makes it so. Bound buttonholes were certainly the right call here.

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    1. I agree:) I never would have been happy with the snaps.

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  4. The coat is lovely, and the rounded shoulders do look alright - I guess these shapes are back again, and also the plaid works with them. The bound buttonholes and large self cover buttons were certainly the right decision.

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  5. Lovely. Matching skirt will be perfect.

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  6. That is darling! The fabric choice is just awesome.

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  7. Holy cow! You made a lined coat AND three other things over the weekend? Wow! You really are a pro!

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  8. What a beautiful coat! You are one amazing woman!

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  9. Oh,how can you make all that beautifull things in a short time.You are really a wizard.These pretty wizard we watch on TV.....!

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  10. This pattern has been calling out to me for a long time. I absolutely love your version and bet you get miles of style out of yours.

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    1. If I were to make the jacket again, I would alter the sleeves so that they are not off the shoulders, I just like a jacket with a little more fit in the shoulders. But...the jacket is perfect either dressed up or down. It looks great with a pencil skirt and just as good with jeans.

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  11. The coat is gorgeous! Love the fun lining! ... and all those checks to match!

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    1. The fabric is so lovely and easy to sew, the plaid was really no issue.
      I love the lining too!!

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  12. Rhonda you are an amazing person. So sorry to hear you had floods. I hope hope it didn't creep into your house..... that would be disasterous and most upsetting.

    Cathy White.

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    1. We did have water sadly, but it wasn't horrible and we have cleaned up everything, So all's well that ends well!

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